The phrase "hold control of" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used when discussing the act of maintaining authority or dominance over something.
Example: "The manager aims to hold control of the project until its completion."
Alternatives: "maintain control of" or "exercise control over."
That is because Republicans almost certainly will hold control of the House of Representatives this year, according to professional election forecasters.
While redistricting has always been a messy political enterprise, Republicans and Democrats predict that the battles before the 2002 elections will be fiercer than ever because Republicans hold control of the House by the narrowest margin since the Eisenhower administration.
Democrats are not just worried about the substantial policy issues at stake; they are also concerned about the political implications of any deal as they try to hold control of the Senate next year and win back the House.
"We think she would be terrific, the perfect candidate to help us hold control of the Senate," said Robert Gibbs, the spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the organization responsible for seeing that the party fields strong, well-financed Senate candidates.
This effort means that although Trump is the only candidate left in the Republican primary, Cruz supporters will have significant influence on the convention floor, and that his delegates will probably hold control of crucial committees, such as those that write the convention rules and design the party's platform.
But now, with Akin having ignored the drop-dead dropout deadline on Tuesday, with various pollsters seeing improving chances for the Democrats to hold control of the Senate and with the Missouri race still apparently in play, the indignation over Akin's paleolithic gender politics is subsiding.
Since then, the Republicans have held control of both the Assembly and the Senate.
Meanwhile the Democrats who had long held control of both Houses were plagued by scandals.
By the 5th century bc the Sarmatians held control of the land between the Urals and the Don River.
It was expected, given the party's success in the presidential campaign last month and for holding control of the Senate.
"The thing that is most dangerous about it is the character who holds control" of the country's nuclear weapons, he said.
